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African leopard in a tree

While on a safari, in Africa, we spotted a leopard carrying an impala it had caught. It stopped to rest under a tree for a bit, the climbed the tree and stared down at all of us watching.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Botswana
Camera: ILCA-99M2
Copyright: © Katherine Plessner